Why reset ranks when smurfing is still allowed?

[Lollash]

Dosnt make sense to me, that you try to fix a problem. Without trying to fix the root of the problem.

[Махито Гранатовы]

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[Don]

IDK

[localhost]

Originally posted by Lollash:

Dosnt make sense to me, that you try to fix a problem. Without trying to fix the root of the problem.

?

and ... how should they "fix" the root of the problem ?

[Johnny R. '勇]

perfect world update :>

[vee]

Correct me if I'm wrong but ranks weren't reset but readjusted in order to enable the regions with less players to have a much healthier distribution between skill and rank. While smurfs may be a problem, I don't think they're in every game ruining everyone's matches while people decaying due to low activity not being able to climb out, involuntary sitting in lower rank matches, was or is (idk) a more common problem in other regions.

[Tap]

None caress about smurfs.

[localhost]

Originally posted by vee:

Correct me if I'm wrong but ranks weren't reset but readjusted in order to enable the regions with less players to have a much healthier distribution between skill and rank. While smurfs may be a problem, I don't think they're in every game ruining everyone's matches while people decaying due to low activity not being able to climb out, involuntary sitting in lower rank matches, was or is (idk) a more common problem in other regions.

thank you !!!

finally someone who actually read the update content and UNDERSTOOD it ....

♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ stupid nabs crying about "reset" and "broken"

[localhost]

Originally posted by CraxKer:

Smurf = is no cheating then ofc is allowed, but nowadays ranks are broken

If you mean that in 1 match you come out with a 6:1 KD ratio and the next you come out with a 1:6 KD ratio , then yes

[The Symbol formerly known as Bob]

TRUE, the adjustement is not connected with the smurf/cheater problem. But also true that it's pretty easy to forbid multiple accounts. That would also solve the cheater problem, if a lifetime ban means lifetime and not go get a new cheat/scam account. This would probably fix also the scammer problems, which steam explicitly doesn't care about. But there's no will, for steam all is about earning easy money without effort.

Play ESEA if you like a cleaner environment, smurfing is forbidden there.
Steam stole you the ownership of the games you buy for fullprice and steam will do nothing that could harm it's financial interests, means have fun with smurfs, cheaters and scam profiles, which tries to ripp off your items :D
It's all meaningless, battle is over since decades, people lost, steam won, nobody cared. We can cry, but nothing will change. But good news, you don't have any choice to steam, epic, origins and stuff. Only GOG is fair, but why do they haven't all the good new games???

[Ray Benchmark]

Originally posted by vee:

Correct me if I'm wrong but ranks weren't reset but readjusted in order to enable the regions with less players to have a much healthier distribution between skill and rank. While smurfs may be a problem, I don't think they're in every game ruining everyone's matches while people decaying due to low activity not being able to climb out, involuntary sitting in lower rank matches, was or is (idk) a more common problem in other regions.

This.

Also the only way to fix smurfing at least a bit is to make personal performance more important. Better performance = faster rank up = less time in low ranks with a smurf acc.

But this wasn't implemented in that update.

[Barack Paper Scissors]

Originally posted by localhost:

Originally posted by CraxKer:

Smurf = is no cheating then ofc is allowed, but nowadays ranks are broken

If you mean that in 1 match you come out with a 6:1 KD ratio and the next you come out with a 1:6 KD ratio , then yes

After the update i jumped up 7 ranks lol

[The Symbol formerly known as Bob]

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[Lollash]

Originally posted by The Symbol formerly known as Bob:

JUST FORBID MULTIPLE ACCOUNTING - EASY. BAN PEOPLE USING MULTIPLE ACCOUNTS - EASY

Glad im not alone.

[localhost]

Originally posted by The Symbol formerly known as Bob:

TRUE, the adjustement is not connected with the smurf/cheater problem. But also true that it's pretty easy to forbid multiple accounts. That would also solve the cheater problem, if a lifetime ban means lifetime and not go get a new cheat/scam account. This would probably fix also the scammer problems, which steam explicitly doesn't care about. But there's no will, for steam all is about earning easy money without effort.

Play ESEA if you like a cleaner environment, smurfing is forbidden there.
Steam stole you the ownership of the games you buy for fullprice and steam will do nothing that could harm it's financial interests, means have fun with smurfs, cheaters and scam profiles, which tries to ripp off your items :D
It's all meaningless, battle is over since decades, people lost, steam won, nobody cared. We can cry, but nothing will change. But good news, you don't have any choice to steam, epic, origins and stuff. Only GOG is fair, but why do they haven't all the good new games???

wait a minute here ...

The problem is that you CANNOT forbid a person to create multiple accounts. Simply cannot.

What is with households that have 1 computer and multiple people playing on that 1 machine ?
Would you then exclude them by a "1 account per computer" policy ?
What about the internet gaming cafe's where people log in as they probably do not have a gaming ready machine at home or a stable connection ?

Dont just think of your own circumstance, you also need to think globally , and then comes the question :

HOW exactly would you propose that Valve handles

1.) multiple accounts
2.) smurfing (--> not forbidden by any ToS , its just the "community" that rages about it, but honestly : who cares. I for one do not see smurfing as a problem, it is what it is. Totally legit for someone to play legit)
3,) If you repeatedly refer to "steam" did this and "steam" did that, that then proves only that you have
3.1) Very little to no idea what you are talking about
3.2) Probably have not understood anything mentioned above
3.3) do not have the necessary view to comment on a wider scale
3.4) are only concerned with your little view
as

"Steam" is the NAME of the platform, STEAM does nothing but give you access to the content, STEAM does not win, STEAM does not have any financial interests ...

For goodness sakes , cant you even get the basics right when posting here, just like so many others ?

Or do you refer to the company "BMW" as "The 3 series" ?

No, "The 3 series" is a model from said company, not the other way round, so get it right at least before you shame yourself here with your totally wrong usage of words and terms.

unbelievable how illiterate people can be

[localhost]

Originally posted by The Symbol formerly known as Bob:

JUST FORBID MULTIPLE ACCOUNTING - EASY. BAN PEOPLE USING MULTIPLE ACCOUNTS - EASY

on what grounds ?